Donoghue cleverly evokes the sights, sounds and smells of San Francisco in all its gritty, unseemly glory. It is clear that a lot of research went into the writing of this story. There are copious notes at the end of the book an afterword, song notes, and a glossary. I did not realise that the book was inspired by true events until I read the Authors Notes at the conclusion of the book. I was eagerly looking forward to Frog Music, despite having not the slightest notion of its subject matter.įrog Music is an account of the real-life murder of Jenny Bonnet that took place just outside San Francisco in 1876. It was beautifully written with a strong voice. Like many other people, I loved Room, Donoghue’s best-selling, Man Booker short-listed, account of a young boy and his mother held prisoner for years in a one roomed shack. The rest of the book flashes back and forth between past and present, fleshing out the story of the unlikely friendship between Blanche and Jenny, the ill-fated cross-dressing, lesbian frog-catcher. Blanche Beunon, French immigrant to the United States, ex-circus performer, stripper and prostitute, is singing a French lullaby when a bullet slams through the window of the bedroom, instantly killing her friend, Jenny. Emma Donoghue’s new book Frog Music throws you straight into the heart of the action.
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